Ethics, Law, and Society Certificate

The purpose of the Ethics, Law, and Society (ELS) certificate program is to encourage the study of normative and value issues in the humanities and social sciences.  As ethical competence becomes increasingly important in professional life, students who aspire to careers in the law, the health professions, or business need to be able to demonstrate formal training in ethics. Moreover, competency in ethics requires a broader understanding of the complex relationship between the normative enterprises of law, morality, and politics. 

The certificate program in Ethics, Law, and Society requires students to take two courses in philosophy, one of which must be Ethics (PHI 4661), two courses in political science, and one course that takes a normative approach or addresses normative issues in a third discipline, e.g. anthropology, communications, sociology, women’s studies, or criminal justice, nursing, medicine, etc.  For additional information contact Dr. Robin Fiore – (561) 297-3869, rfiore@fau.edu.  Applications for the ELS certificate program can be picked up from the Office of Student Academic Services (AH 213, Boca Raton campus) in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters or requested from the director (rfiore@fau.edu).

Requirements: Five courses (15 credits) passed with a grade of “B” or better from upper-division courses which  include the study of values, either substantively or systematically, relating to law, politics, or ethics in the professions, with the following distribution:

Two courses from Philosophy, one of which must be Ethics (PHI 4661)

Two courses from Political Science

One course from another discipline (including those offered outside of the College of Arts and Letters)

Philosophy: (two courses including required PHI 4661 Ethics)

Ethics* (REQUIRED)

PHI 4661

Philosophy of Law

PHM 3440

Social and Political Theory

PHM 3200

Biomedical Ethics

PHI 4663

Environmental Ethics

PHI 3640

Philosophy of Sexuality

PHI 3637

Feminist Philosophy

PHM 3123

Political Science: (two courses)

Law and American Society

POS 3691

Constitutional Law I

POS 4603

Constitutional Law II

POS 4604

International Law

INR 3403

Women and the Law

POS 3693

War and Peace

INR 4006

Other (one course) The list below is not exhaustive; other courses may be approved by the Director based on catalog description or submission of the course syllabus. Contact Dr. Fiore, (561) 297-3869  rfiore@fau.edu, for more information.

Applied Anthropology

ANT 4701

Social Anthropology

ANT 4412

News, Media, Ethics

COM 4621

Mass Comm. Law and Regulation

MMC 4200

International Human Rights

IDS 3188

Contemporary Social Theory

SYA 4015

Social Control and Deviance

SYP 4570

Gender and Society

SYD 4800

Class Status and Power

SYO 4530

Women of Color in U.S.

WST 4404

Women, Violence, and Resistance

WST 3225

Administrative Process and Ethics

PAD 4604

Other Law

BUL, HFT

Ethics in Nursing

NUR 4826

Electrical Engineering Practice

EEL 3012

Honors Conservation Biology

EVS 4414